Inside Notre Dame with ’60 Minutes,’ A Decimated Earth ‘Abides,’ Carol Burnett and TCM, Vacation Film Bonanza

60 Minutes

SUNDAY: Name it a Christmas miracle. 5 years after the historic medieval cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris was almost destroyed by fireplace, the construction has been restored and can reopen to the general public subsequent weekend. Correspondent Invoice Whitaker travels to Paris to get an inside have a look at the venture, assembly with French President Emmanuel Macron, who set a five-year deadline shortly after the disaster. In the identical 12 months as he presided over a triumphant Summer season Olympics, Macron and his nation have much more purpose to rejoice.

Earth Abides

SUNDAY: Based mostly on a 1949 science-fiction novel by George R. Stewart, this grim survival fable (launching with two episodes) takes place within the instant wake of a worldwide pandemic that wipes out a lot of the human race. For a lot of the first episode, it seems that a geologist recognized solely as Ish (Alexander Ludwig of Vikings and Heels fame) is likely to be the only real survivor, having missed the calamity whereas within the mountains recovering from a snake chew. Finally, others emerge who’re proof against the plague, however they’ll all face the problem of rebuilding a civilization and repopulating a virtually extinct species. Completely satisfied holidays!

Gone With the Wind

Sundays with Carol Burnett: One of many many highlights of the basic sketch comedy The Carol Burnett Present (1967-78) was its lampooning of Hollywood classics. Over 4 Sundays, the legendary Carol Burnett (now 91) joins host Dave Karger for screenings of films that have been memorably spoofed on the present, adopted by their parodies—none extra hilarious than the 1976 “Went with the Wind” send-up of 1939’s epic Gone with the Wind (8/7c), with Burnett as a hysterical Starlett O’Hara to Harvey Korman’s swaggering Capt. Ratt Butler. The sight gag of Starlett sporting a costume (designed by Bob Mackie) constituted of curtains—with the rod nonetheless hooked up!—was a meme earlier than memes have been a factor, and the costume was donated to the Nationwide Museum of American Historical past in 2009. (Motion pictures in weeks to come back embrace Born to Be Unhealthy and Torch Tune on Dec 8, The Heiress and A Stolen Life on Dec. 15, and Mildred Pierce and Double Indemnity on Dec. 29.)

Imagine in Christmas

The Yuletide Log: Gospel nice BeBe Winans stars in Lifetime’s BeBe Winans’ We Three Kings (Saturday, 8/7c) as Lincoln King, whose three estranged daughters return residence after their mom’s dying for a vacation go to. With the assistance of a household buddy (performed by his niece Deborah Pleasure Winans), Lincoln heals the household rift by way of music. Additionally on Lifetime: Make or Bake Christmas (Sunday, 8/7c) stars Vivica A. Fox as a way of life goddess who sends an worker (Jasmine Aivaliotis) undercover at a bakery she hopes to amass.

Hallmark Channel’s Saturday double characteristic consists of Imagine in Christmas (6/5c), a fable starring Chesapeake Falls alum Meghan Ory as a skeptic who succumbs to the charms of Christmasland and a good-looking stranger (John Reardon), and the football-themed Vacation Landing: A Chiefs Love Story (8/7c), starring Hunter King as a Kansas Metropolis Chiefs superfan decided to point out the group’s director of fan engagement (Tyler Hynes) that her household deserves to win “Fan of the 12 months” honors. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and Chiefs gamers Trey Smith, Mecole Hardman Jr., Clyde Edwards-Helaire, and George Karlaftis seem in cameos, together with Donna Kelce (mom of Travis and Jason) because the supervisor of a BBQ joint. Hallmark additionally doubles up on Sunday, with The Finnish Line (6/5c), by which Anya (Kim Matula) travels to Finland to proceed her late father’s legacy of canine sled racing with the assistance of a journalist and former racer (Beau Mirchoff); and The Christmas Quest (8/7c), set in Iceland, the place an archaeologist (Lacey Chabert) and her ex-husband (Kristoffer Polaha) seek for a fabled treasure at Christmastime.

And there’s extra! Nice American Household follows an encore of I Heard the Bells (Saturday, 8/7c) with Dwelling Candy Christmas (Sunday, 8/7c), starring channel faves Candace Cameron Bure and Cameron Mathison as childhood buds who reunite to avoid wasting a maple sugar farm. On UPtv: A Prince and Pauper Christmas (Saturday, 7/6c) presents a caper by which a federal agent convinces a look-alike to step in when a confidential informant goes lacking; and A Bluegrass Christmas (7/6c) stars Amanda Jordan as Katie, who convinces her grandfather, a bluegrass legend, to return on the stage for the great of the household horse sanctuary.

Anyone Someplace

SUNDAY: If Christmas motion pictures are too saccharine for you, pattern this heat but tart slice of Midwest life earlier than it’s over. You gained’t discover scenes extra touching than Sam (Bridget Everett) overcoming her self-doubt whereas getting ready for a date with Iceland (Darri Ólafsson), then sharing her emotions throughout a slumber occasion along with her bestie Joel (Jeff Hiller).

INSIDE WEEKEND TV:

• America’s Funniest Dwelling Movies’ Wreck the Halls: 35 Years of Vacation Hijinks (Sunday, 7/6c, ABC): The Sunday evening staple collects the perfect yuletide clips from its 35-year historical past. Adopted by The Fantastic World of Disney: Vacation Spectacular (8/7c), hosted by Dancing with the Stars’ Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro, with narration by Kristen Bell and performances from Elton John, John Legend, Auli’i Cravalho, Leslie Odom Jr., Carly Pearce, Pentatonix, Anika Noni Rose, SEVENTEEN and Seth MacFarlane with Liz Gillies.
• Mickey and the Very Many Christmases (Sunday, 7/6c, Disney Junior): Mickey Mouse stars in a brand new animated particular by which he lives to remorse making a want that daily was Christmas.
• Yellowstone (Sunday, 8/7c, Paramount Community): Jamie (Wes Bentley) has good trigger to worry, now that assassins have taken out his conspirator within the dying of John Dutton (an unseen Kevin Costner). Elsewhere in Taylor Sheridan’s world: The mission shifts drastically for Lioness (Sunday, streaming on Paramount+), with a recovering Joe (Zoe Saldaña) raring for motion; and on Landman (Sunday, streaming on Paramount+), Tommy’s (Billy Bob Thornton) shark of a lawyer, Rebecca (Kayla Wallace), proves that she’s greater than a match for any litigator in Texas.
• HBCU Honors (Sunday, 8/7c, BET): Kym Whitley, a proud alumnus of Fisk College, hosts a ceremony from Howard College celebrating distinguished HBCU grads together with producer Will Packer, former NASA engineer Dr. Lonnie Johnson and tech entrepreneur Jewel Burks Solomon. Performers embrace Fantasia, Hezekiah Walker and Mac Royals from The Voice.
• Tracker (Sunday, 9/8c, CBS): Colter (Justin Hartley) seems for a “ghost” who was thought to have died in a automotive accident months earlier. Adopted by The Equalizer (10/9c), the place McCall (Queen Latifah) and Mel (Liza Lapira) go undercover in a jail after an inmate vanishes on the day of her launch.